From 017614c41a084c8c754ef228569ead91cc69b7b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gautam Menghani <samsepiol558@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 22:42:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [#issue 3463] Improve clarity of error message in restic ls
 command

---
 cmd/restic/cmd_ls.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_ls.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_ls.go
index 9f1ab7ec6..ff903a090 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_ls.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_ls.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func lsNodeJSON(enc *json.Encoder, path string, node *restic.Node) error {
 
 func runLs(opts LsOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		return errors.Fatal("no snapshot ID specified")
+		return errors.Fatal("no snapshot ID specified, specify snapshot ID or use special ID 'latest'")
 	}
 
 	// extract any specific directories to walk